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Ask me a turkey question!

I don't know the answer, but ask me anyway!

Ever pluck a turkey Cindy Lou??

they taste so good!!Why are they so ugly?

ducks are so beautiful,

Do you really have to remove the boblits?


~V~

What the hell is a "boblit"?

As you can see, I know nothing!
But that doesn't stop me!


I have seen and tried a cooked duck (sorry, Duckie...it was before I met you!)...and it was really greasy!


No...I had the opportunity once but got freaked out when they cut the turkey's head off...and it ran around the yard for an hour with no head.


Anymore questions???

Well..Ruf said you were batting 100%....all you need to know about getting the turkey ready...is how to remove the cork! And you have that down pat!!!!


~V~

I have a turkey...


Leslie

Les!!!

As Ruf says...just pop the cork!

Rachel Ray get out of the way. Here comes Cinja, Chef Extraordinaire.

Gobble, gobble, gobble it!

That's the only Turkey that's cookin around here tonight!


~V~

Afgrey! Afgrey! Help, Help, Help!

I got a turkey running all OVER my kitchen AND my attendant left the roaster in the cabinet way HIGH over my head AND I'm supposed to seat 122 people tomorrow at 11 AM...

Oh, by the way, the only reason the Duck tasted greasy was because whoever cooked it didn't know how to do it right. Ducks, like goose, have to have a high fat content to keep warm in cold water and for the waterproofing. A good cook knows how to get most of the fat out before cooking the thing...



Merme

I don't have to cook one this year, so really, no advice is needed! Just wanted to pop in and say Happy Thanksgiving to ya'll!! We're headed out to PA to visit the folks in just a short bit. We started to head out last night, but got such a late start, and then the snow really started to pick up and we weren't in the truck.. so we turned around. We were only 45 minutes from home.. so it sure beat guessing how much more we'd hit over the next likely 4 hours..lol. We're gonna get the truck loaded up & take it instead.

See ya'll later!

I don't like to wait for dessert, do you think stuffing a pumpkin pie into the bird is a good idea?

Dear Cindy,
A good hour in the oven oughta' be plenty of time to cook my turkey, wouldn't ya think?
Christina

Well, I guess I don't have to worry about this question, since you posted it last night...and you've obviously handled the situation or pulled all your hair out by now.


That would have been ME!


That's just wrong!
But, I will PM you something that is also wrong, but pretty entertaining!


Oh, yes...if the turkey is under 30 lbs. an hour is fine. Make sure you turn it over after 30 minutes.


Cindy Chef NOT

LOL!!!

Thanks Cindy!
I knew I could count on you!!
Signed, "Relieved"

What do you do when you have a turkey that won't stop saying "Eat more ham" over and over again?????

Loz...is that turkey silver with a red tail?

That sounds like a smartass parrot I know...

Send it back to the chopping block?

Merme

Seriously, it is a good thing I am not having company today... I DO have a 16 lb turkey in the fridge that I'm not strong enough to lift. And the roaster is in the cabinet way high, high up.

So... I will wait til tomorrow when someone comes and ask for a helping hand.

Right now it is off to make a whoppingly good pot of coffee to wake me up the rest of the way.

We are having big snow today...

Merme

Cinja Chef,
I need some help, really fastttttttt, really fastttttttt!!!!!!!!!!!
What do I do with the Turkey sleepin' in
my bed, I can't get him up....
What should I do, try to coax him out,
trick him, or cook him there????????

You could get in bed with him.....

I did last night!!!

I'm waiting

I would be okay with that except those little birdie feet could be so annoying!

Merme

If that happened at MY house, I'd get him UP!

Gobble-Mom

Happy Turkey Day Ya'll. I am feeling a mite southern as I am fixing biscuits and gravy this a.m. for breakfast. I was so organized yesterday I haven't anything to do this morning! LOLOLOL

I would scare myself if I was organized.
I just had punkin pie for breakfast. YUM!
Now Lola is mad because I took the whipped cream away from her.
:rolleyes:

I love pumpkin pie, it's my favorite!

Mel...I just PM'd you a few entertaining things to do with excess turkey parts in case you get bored!

I always like to entertain everyone by sticking my hand up the turkey's whatchamacallit and holding it up so it can dance to "Stayin' Alive"!

I got them! Great ideas!

New question: What is that thing called that hangs down from the turkey's neck?

Bling Bling?????

No, I think that's jewelry for the hip-hop crowd.

So, new question:
Pluck or shave?

...then I'm gonna have to Google for this answer!

a waddle

Happy Thanksgiving, Bill ~ Nice to see you on!

Oh, and Fernie, I'm sending you a PM, coz I owe you one, my friend, I really do...

Merme

A WADDLE! ! ! ! !
I would have never thought of that word.
Is that for real what it's called?
Ya learn something new everyday!
Is he going to a ballgame?

Definately pluck..
Who wants stubble?????

And I do not WADDLE!!!
I'm walkin' a little funny after that Turkey,
but I don't waddle!!!

Yes, afgrey, it truly is called a "WATTLE"...

spelled with T's it means the turkey neck thing; spelled with D's it is the crazy walk thing.

Merme

Hi everybody!

This is all I have to say on the subject...



so now... pluck, or shave???

Ohhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh that is just tooooooo funny Lynne!!!

Although this thread is dedicated to turkey questions, can I ask a non-turkey question?

Does anyone know if you can add ricotta cheese to an omelette?

I've got just a dab of the stuff left over from another recipe and I'm not sure what to do with such a small amount, but I'm thinking breakfast?

Merme

I know it bakes well, in the oven,
so it can take heat.... try a small smidgon
on a small amount and see first?????

Oh, Lynne! You just made my day!



Well...I have a non-turkey question... :rolleyes:
I've had my ham in the oven for about 45 minutes...and I started smelling plastic burning...
...I forgot to take the plastic off of it before I started cooking it.

Reckon I can cut it off now and the ham won't taste like melted plastic?
Or should I get out the back-up ham?

I use ricotta in omelets....it's wonderful! Don't be shy.

Christina

I'm not sure...what I've read so far, you're knowledge with cooking far exceeds mine Cindy. I would think you'd be the only one who knew what to do.

Christina

I'd have to ask,
how long has it been in???

Ok, here is a true, terribly whacky story about Thanksgiving Disasters In The Making from my own life that I thought you all might enjoy.

Back in 1984 I was newly married and working three jobs... way, way too busy. Insanely busy. But Thanksgiving was coming and I felt the typical compulsion to invite the entire kingdom to the feast.

In those days, I always invited college students, singles, people new to America... I'd fill my massive table with folks who wouldn't have a place to go otherwise. And we always had the BEST times.

And I always prepared a GIANT turkey, getting the biggest one available.

So this particular year I was running full tilt in my overly crazy lifestyle and COMPLETELY FORGOT that it was Thanksgiving until I woke up on Thanksgiving Day and remembered the massive Turkey was in the freezer and my house would soon be filling up with all kinds of hungry people!

Well, in a panic, I drug that bird out of the freezer, stripped the wrapper off, and shoved it (just barely getting it in) the huge, industrial size microwave I owned then. That humongous microwave had been a wedding gift and up until that moment I had only used it to heat coffee.

So I nuked that bird. Once it was thawed enough to get the giblets and wax paper out of the insides, I pulled 'em out, and kept zapping it.

Meantime, rushing about like a wild woman on speed, putting together every other part of the meal, the table settings, the decorations. I sent my husband off to buy pies because there was no way that was going to happen!

And right on time, as the guests arrived, that monster bird was actually cooked! From frozen solid to nicely done in 4 hours flat, courtesy modern technology.

Not a recipe I'd recommend to anyone, but still, it saved the day in my life Once Upon A Time...

Merme

Hey Melcon ~ when are you heading out to your mom's? It is now sleeting/icing up here...

Merme

See Coffeehouse

Too long!
Freckles enjoyed it...now the back-up ham is in the oven...along with the unruly turkey breast that keeps falling over on it's side.

Merme...the first turkey I ever cooked...I left the bag of giblets in it the whole time, and was totally amazed when I was cutting the turkey...and there's this plastic bag inside.


Lynne...I have a picture of something my dad and brother do at Thanksgiving to the turkey...if I can find it I'll PM it to you. Not suitable for the forum!

I'm sorry of your ham woe, afgrey. Hopefully #2 will turn out just as you desire...

Merme

Merme - that's what I love about you - you always have your wits about you! I bet that turkey was great!

Cindy - can't wait to see your picture - now you've got me wondering...

Hope your ham#2 comes out delish!
I've never had ham for the holidays - we are not Kosher, but it's just something no one does in our family. I'm gonna have to beg some of my non-Jewish friends to extend an invitation to us one of these days!

Well, my meal is done and I didn't even eat much of it.
Lola ate more than I did!
And, after all the ham trouble, I didn't even eat a bite of it. :rolleyes:
I don't really like ham too much.
But, the turkey breast was good!

Sometimes I feel like I'm on a different planet than the rest of you ...I don't get snow or freezing weather, & you're all off having your mid-day naps while I'm having breakfast. (Usually, I have The Gardener's Forum for breakfast!) Now, you people have already had your T-Day dinners, & it's not even noon, here! All your dishes will be done & you'll be hungry again, by the time we'll be sitting down to ours! (We're not eating until 4:30PST, because our son worked Graveyard shift last night, so we're letting him sleep in.)
Too bad you gave the "plastic ham" to Freckles... Me? I would have glazed the very dickens out of it & listened for compliments later, on the unique new flavor!!

At the same time you became a Martha Stewart Wannabe !
I figured that since you are under one year old you wouldn't notice...

CindySaucySusan...

posted one for you down in area 51!

Thats when I'll be eating Patty. You aren't on a different planet... WE are just of on the other side of it!

Lynne, dear ~ How about this?

Next summer you come up to Maine and visit ME and MAXI... we'll put on SUCH a ham feast for you as you've never seen... all the best bits.

And we'll do it for ya with no nagging, no criticizing, no bullying. Just a yummy feast just for you and whoever you feel like bringing along.

And when you can't eat another bite, and are too full to move, I will simply roll you out to the porch of wherever we might be living by then and put some soothing drink in your hand and let you dream into the sunset...

Howz that?

Merme

In case Catlover doesn't venture down to the games forum, I wanted to be sure she saw this here!

enjoy!

I love having you guys way out there in "no man's land" PST time... you are around when the wakefuls have me up....



Merme

Ooooooooh, Merme dear!

THAT SOUNDS LIKE HEAVEN!

I might just have to take you up on that!

I'm usually lurking by 4 AM PST.... about the time most of the ESTs are starting to get their eyes fully open...
(Notice, I said MOST)

Hey Cindy,

is this acceptable if you run out of turkey?

Uhhh...Lola didn't think that was very funny!

Hey...I didn't say I KNEW anything about turkeys!
I just said you could ask me questions!

Well I am on EST and I lurk......well....um "prit near" 24 hours a day. Thanx Cindy...this thread has been the highlight of my day..makin' me howl. I'm bored..watchin' football, drinkin' beer....suffering from tinnitus....it's drivin' me mental!!! Oh yeah.....and completely jealous of everyone eatin' turkey today...maybe I'll open a can of chk soup..
Christina

Hey Christina

Here's another one for you -
and I'll gladly trade places with you for tonite -
really really do not want to go to my S-I-L's S-I-L's!!!

That's a good one, Lynne!

I'm bored now, too!
I was thinking about PMing Catlover about 50 times...
...to wish her a Happy Thanksgiving!

Yes, right now...everyone do it!!!!! Seriously...I'm doing it right now....

I'm so hungry my stomach may eat itself....We will be eating in about 30 minutes and I can't stand waiting any longer.....I sprayed a half a can of whipped cream down my throat.!!!!!LOL

Oh, am I ever looking forward to seeing my SIL at Christmas....gag.....choke.....ahem....sorry.
Christina

See ya everyone!
Have a good one, be safe, and I'll see you all in a few hours!

Bye... Lynne

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Ehem, Cindy.......see above message!!!LOL Clean out your mailbox!!!

I maxed it out sending Catlover messages!

Ohhhhhhhhhhhhh Cindy.... I am shocked and amazed! You are the last person I would have thought.....

You know what.....

Are we all in twouble, Mr. Bill, sir?

I just sent Catlover EIGHT PM's 'coz I just hadda wish her a Happy Thanksgiving!

I wanted to be sure she knew I meant it.

Merme

Did Loz bail on us?????

I sure hope Mr. Bill PMs Catlover to wish her a Happy Thanksgiving!

no comment!

I'm off to evaluate Shaun's Sweetheart's cooking abilities... bbl...
Happy Turkey Day everyone!!!!
Stay Safe!!!!

Bye, Mr. Bill!

I'm back!!!!! And I bailed for dinner...now I'm so stinking full I probably will have to be rolled into bed.....LOL

I sent Catlover a Thanksgiving wish, or two, or three, or more......he he he.

I sent her 20, or 30.....or 40... her so much and wanted to make sure she had the happiest Thanksgiving EVER!

Now I'm gonna sit here with Jim for awhile!


Martha Stewart Wannabeeeeeeee :rolleyes:

I sure hope she checked in with Cindy before she did anything!! With Cindy's guidance and directions, Bill will surely enjoy his Thanksgiving dinner!

Christina

Christina...that made me laugh so hard I just spewed Jim Beam and pepsi all over the keyboard!

Afgrey ~

What does a hostess DO with 800 lbs of turkey leftovers, 400 lbs of mashed potatoes, 200 lbs of stuffing and 48 gallons of wine?

Merme

Hey...maybe Loz can answer that...she's a hostess!
(...not much longer, probably!)

My first response is either have one heck of a leftover party, or feed the homeless.....

Hey loz, I'm STILL waiting for you to upload some more of your wedding pictures in the Happy Anniversary thread..

I originally mistyped "wedding" and made it "weeding". If I had left it that way you wouldda thought: WEEDING PICTURES? HAS THAT WOMAN IN MAINE GONE DAFT?"

Merme

Loz is busy watching Survivor!

Yeh it was great too!

You are wonderful, loz.



Merme

I was hoping to see weeding pictures in a weeding dress and see all the weeding guests all dressed up in their Sunday go to weeding clothes. Darn

Hey Merme, I have some hot Earl Grey with lavendar.......fake creamer and fake sugar (splenda) on the side

I have a few weeding pics too if you really want to see them..... But look for the wedding pics between now and Sunday.....just have to scan them in and upload them to photobucket....

Hey, cuz!!!
One more TURKEY question!
You got any left?
(101, that is!)

If so, I'm on my way over.


Les

I haven't even opened the bottle yet...been drinking Beam.


Cinja